A two-day tuber and roots festival began in the city on Saturday and growers urged the government to promote the crops for their health benefits. M.N. Shaji, a tuber crop conservationist, said, ...

Concerned stakeholders are upscaling their efforts in food security through research driven initiatives and empowering farmers as well as formalising markets for produce. Board Chairperson for Root ...

Root and tuber crops currently provide over 40 per cent of Africa’s food supply, according to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Over the past two decades, production ...

Root, tuber and banana (RT&B) crops are widely cultivated across the landscapes of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). These staple food crops play a fundamental role in smallholder farming systems due to their ...

In an urban kitchen where tubers are often sidelined, a new festival in Bengaluru is celebrating their rich diversity as well as the indigenous communities that grow these underutilised crops. Rooting ...

Visakhapatnam: Showcasing agricultural heritage and biodiversity, the tribal community is coming together to celebrate a festival-focused on the diverse array of indigenous tubers and roots in the ...

Nairobi, Kenya — Despite the dominance of the "Big Three" cereal crops and a steady rise in meat consumption, an overlooked food sector is projected to become ever more central to Africa's food ...

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CHENNAI: The two-day Chennai Roots and Tubers Festival, aimed at sensitising the urban community to the benefits of consuming tubers, exploring value addition, and cultivating them, began in Chennai ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Council for Agricultural Research-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CTCRI) and Indian Society for Root Crops will be jointly organising a two-day national ...